Hugo Mercier
@hugoreasoning.bsky.social
Evolutionary and cognitive psychologist. Author, Not Born Yesterday (http://tinyurl.com/yyh929ns), The Enigma of Reason (http://tinyurl.com/6hbpn84).
and time (aggregating over all the world)
August 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
and time (aggregating over all the world)
We find very little variation in the share of scholars studying each these three domains, both across places (aggregating over all of history)
August 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We find very little variation in the share of scholars studying each these three domains, both across places (aggregating over all of history)
We found that, across the world and at different time periods, scholars’ interest tended to cluster in a broadly similar manner
August 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We found that, across the world and at different time periods, scholars’ interest tended to cluster in a broadly similar manner
From this paper, it looks like nearly all the traffic to unreliable news sites is from people... looking specifically for these sites, and not stumbling upon them by chance. It's all about demand.
November 5, 2024 at 8:35 AM
From this paper, it looks like nearly all the traffic to unreliable news sites is from people... looking specifically for these sites, and not stumbling upon them by chance. It's all about demand.
Thanks, that's brilliant! Related: the new addition to my office
November 21, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Thanks, that's brilliant! Related: the new addition to my office
Kalla, J. L., & Broockman, D. E. (2018). The minimal persuasive effects of campaign contact in general elections: Evidence from 49 field experiments. American Political Science Review, 112(1), 148–166.
October 20, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Kalla, J. L., & Broockman, D. E. (2018). The minimal persuasive effects of campaign contact in general elections: Evidence from 49 field experiments. American Political Science Review, 112(1), 148–166.
No, it really didn't (the antivax thing). From my book
October 20, 2023 at 2:22 PM
No, it really didn't (the antivax thing). From my book